US6038105A - Temperature-compensated rotary actuator cartridge bearing stablizer - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to the field of disc drive data storage devices, and more particularly but not by way of limitation, to an improved apparatus for attachment of a cartridge bearing assembly to an actuator arm assembly.
- a disc drive has one or more magnetic discs that are rotated by a spindle motor at a constant high speed.
- Each disc has a data storage surface divided into a series of generally concentric data tracks that are radially spaced across a band having an inner diameter and an outer diameter.
- the data is stored within the data tracks on the disc surfaces in the form of magnetic flux transitions.
- the flux transitions are induced by an array of read/write heads.
- each data track is divided into a number of data sectors where data is stored in fixed size data blocks.
- the read/write head includes an interactive element such as a magnetic transducer.
- the interactive element senses the magnetic transitions on a selected data track to read the data stored on the track.
- the interactive element transmits an electrical signal that induces magnetic transitions on the selected data track to write data to the track.
- Each of the read/write heads is mounted to a rotary actuator arm and is selectively positioned by the actuator arm over a pre-selected data track of the disc to either read data from or write data to the data track.
- the read/write head includes a slider assembly having an air bearing surface that, in response to air currents caused by rotation of the disc, causes the head to fly adjacent to the disc surface with a desired gap separating the read/write head and the corresponding disc.
- multiple center-open discs and spacer rings are alternately stacked on a spindle motor hub.
- the hub defining the core of the stack, serves to align the discs and spacer rings around a common axis.
- Collectively the discs, spacer rings and spindle motor hub define a disc pack assembly.
- the surfaces of the stacked discs are accessed by the read/write heads which are mounted on a complementary stack of actuator arms which form a part of an actuator assembly.
- the actuator assembly generally includes head wires which conduct electrical signals from the read/write heads to a flex circuit which, in turn, conducts the electrical signals to a flex circuit connector mounted to a disc drive base deck.
- the read/write heads When the disc drive is not in use, the read/write heads are parked in a position separate from the data storage surfaces of the discs.
- a landing zone is provided on each of the disc surfaces where the read/write heads are positioned before the rotational velocity of the spinning discs decreases below a threshold velocity which sustains the air bearing.
- the landing zones are generally located near the inner diameter of the discs.
- the actuator assembly has an actuator body that pivots about a pivot mechanism disposed in a medial portion thereof.
- a motor such as a voice coil motor, selectively positions a proximal end of the actuator body. This positioning of the proximal end in cooperation with the pivot mechanism causes a distal end of the actuator body, which supports the read/write heads, to move radially across the face of the discs.
- the function of the pivot mechanism is crucial in meeting performance requirements associated with the positioning of the actuator assembly.
- a typical pivot mechanism has two ball bearings with a stationary shaft attached to an inner race and a sleeve attached to an outer race. The sleeve is also attached to a bore in the actuator body.
- the stationary shaft typically is attached to the base deck and the top cover of the disc drive.
- a well known problem occurs as the result of thermal cycling which alters the compressive force that retains the sleeve in the actuator body. This is especially true when many or all the components of the cartridge bearing are made of steel in order to increase the strength and wear resistance.
- the actuator body is typically made of aluminum or magnesium to minimize the weight and inertia.
- the different materials provides a differential thermal expansion, that is, the actuator and cartridge bearing expand and contract at different rates and to different extents in a given temperature range.
- a solution to the differential thermal expansion problem is to provide a resilient mounting of the actuator body to the cartridge bearing, so that relative thermal expansion and contraction can occur without affecting the preload or stress on the cartridge bearing.
- Such a solution involves providing an eccentric bore in the actuator body so that the cartridge bearing contacts the actuator body along a minimum contact surface, the rest of the cartridge bearing thus unencumbered and free to expand and contract during thermal cycling.
- the primary drawback to such a solution is that by minimizing the support of the actuator body makes the actuator assembly susceptible to undesired deflection which results in positional overshooting during data seek routines due to the torsion on the actuator body.
- the present invention provides an improved attachment of an actuator E-block of an actuator assembly to a cartridge bearing of a pivot shaft bearing assembly in a disc drive.
- the actuator assembly of the present invention has an E-block member which has a central bore which is sized to be supported on the outer housing of a cartridge bearing assembly, the central bore defining a pair of opposed alignment edges which operably engage the cartridge bearing housing when the E-block is supported thereon.
- One or more fasteners extend through a wall of the E-block to engage the cartridge bearing housing to apply a tensile load which pressingly engages the cartridge bearing housing against the alignment edges, thereby establishing a line contact therebetween the cartridge bearing and the E-block.
- the cartridge bearing housing has a peripheral groove in a medial portion thereof which receivingly supports a canted coil spring.
- the canted coil spring thereby extends beyond the medial diameter of the cartridge bearing housing and fills a clearance gap between the housing and the E-block within the E-block bore.
- the individual upstanding coils of the canted coil spring pressingly engage both the housing and the E-block so as to extend support by the cartridge bearing assembly to the E-block within the periphery of the E-block bore.
- the coils of the canted coil spring vary in angular attitude as the clearance between the housing and the E-block varies, so as to provide a continuous and resilient support to the E-block.
- FIG. 1 is a top view of a disc drive constructed in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the actuator assembly and the pivot shaft bearing assembly of the disc drive of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a top view of the eccentric bore of the actuator assembly of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4. is a top view of a portion of the actuator assembly of FIG. 2, showing the prior art construction of attaching the E-block to the cartridge bearing.
- FIG. 5 is a top view of a portion of the actuator assembly of FIG. 2, showing the construction of attaching the E-block to the cartridge bearing in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a detail view of a portion of the cartridge bearing and E-block of FIG. 5, showing the canted coil spring in an area where the clearance gap between the cartridge bearing and the E-block is substantially constant.
- FIG. 7 is a detail view of a portion of the cartridge bearing and E-block of FIG. 5, showing the canted coil spring in an area where the clearance gap between the cartridge bearing and the E-block varies.
- FIG. 8. is a detail view of the portion of the cartridge bearing and E-block of FIG. 6, showing the change in attitude of the spiral wound coils of the canted coil spring in response to a reduction in the clearance between the cartridge bearing and the E-block.
- FIG. 1 shown therein is a top view of a disc drive 100 constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the disc drive 100 includes a base deck 102 to which various disc drive components are mounted, and a top cover 104, which together with the base deck 102 and a perimeter gasket 103 provide a sealed internal environment for the disc drive 100.
- the top cover 104 is shown in a partial cut-away fashion to expose selected components of interest. It will be understood that numerous details of construction of the disc drive 100 are not included in the following description, as such, they are well known to those skilled in the art and are believed to be unnecessary for the purpose of describing the present invention.
- a spindle motor 106 to which a plurality of discs 108 are mounted and secured by a clamp ring 110 for rotation at a constant high speed.
- Adjacent the discs 108 is an actuator assembly 112 which pivots about a pivot shaft bearing assembly 114, sometimes referred to as a pivot mechanism, in a rotary fashion.
- the actuator assembly 112 includes an E-block 115 that is supported by the pivot shaft bearing assembly 114.
- the E-block 115 has actuator arms 116 (only one shown) that support load arm assemblies 118.
- the load arm assemblies 118 in turn support read/write heads 120, with each of the heads 120 adjacent a surface of one of the discs 108.
- each of the discs 108 has a data recording surface 122 divided into concentric circular data tracks (not shown), and the heads 120 are positionably located adjacent data tracks to read data from, or write data to, the tracks.
- the actuator assembly 112 is controllably positioned by a voice coil motor assembly (VCM) 124, comprising an actuator coil 126 immersed in the magnetic field generated by a magnet assembly 128.
- VCM voice coil motor assembly
- a magnetically permeable flux path such as a steel plate 129, is mounted above the actuator coil 126 to complete the magnetic circuit of the VCM 124.
- VCM voice coil motor assembly
- an electromagnetic field is set up which interacts with the magnetic circuit of the VCM 124 to cause the actuator coil 126 to move relative to the magnet assembly 128 in accordance with the well-known Lorentz relationship.
- the actuator assembly 112 pivots about the pivot shaft bearing assembly 114, causing the actuator arms 116 to move the heads 120 adjacent to, and across, the discs 108.
- Located near the inner clamp ring 110 are parking surfaces 130, the parking surfaces 130 being non-data surfaces that are designated areas where the heads 120 come to rest when the disc drive 100 becomes non-operational, the provision of the parking surfaces 130 preventing the heads 120 from damaging any data storage locations.
- head wires (not separately shown) are routed on the actuator assembly 112 from the heads 120, along the load arm assemblies 118 and the actuator arms 116, to a flex circuit 134.
- the head wires are secured by way of a suitable soldering process to corresponding pads of a printed circuit board (PCB) 135 of the flex circuit 134.
- the flex circuit 134 is connected to a flex circuit bracket 136 in a conventional manner, which, in turn, is connected through the base deck 102 to a disc drive PCB (not shown) mounted to the underside of the base deck 102.
- the disc drive PCB provides the disc drive read/write circuitry which controls the operation of the heads 120, as well as other interface and control circuitry for the disc drive 100.
- FIG. 2 shown therein is a perspective, partially exploded view of the actuator assembly 112 and the pivot shaft bearing assembly 114.
- the pivot shaft bearing assembly 114 is shown removed from a central bore 138 that is formed in the E-block 115.
- the E-block 115 is typically precision machined from a lightweight material such as aluminum or magnesium to form the central bore 138 as well as the plurality of actuator arms 116.
- the E-block 115 furthermore has one or more openings 141 for the passage of a fastener 143 as described below to secure the pivot shaft bearing assembly 114.
- the pivot shaft bearing assembly 114 has a cartridge bearing 142 having a stationary shaft 144 attached to an inner race of an internal set of ball bearings (not shown), and having a housing 146 attached to an outer race of the ball bearings.
- the stationary shaft 144 has openings 148 on both ends thereof for receiving disposition of a fastener (not shown) for attachment of the stationary shaft 144 to the base deck 102 and to the top cover 104. In this manner it will be understood that the stationary shaft 144 is rigidly supported by the base deck 102 and the top cover 104 and the housing 146 rotates thereabout in rotational support and positioning of the actuator assembly 112.
- the cartridge bearing 142 has a pair of shoulder portions 149 at the top and bottom ends of the housing 146, the shoulder portions 149 forming surfaces having a greater diameter than the medial portion of the housing 146 therebetween.
- the bore 138 of the E-block 115 forms an eccentric opening into which the cylindrical cartridge bearing 142 is disposed.
- FIG. 3 is a top view of a portion of the E-block 115 showing the bore 138 which is formed by the intersection of a primary arcuate opening 150 and a secondary arcuate opening 152. The intersection of the openings 150, 152 forms an alignment edge 154.
- FIG. 4 is a top view of a portion of the E-block 115 showing the bore 138 of FIG. 3 and with a cartridge bearing 142 installed therein. It will be noted that one or more fasteners 143 pass through the corresponding openings 141 in the E-block 115 to engage the housing 146 of the cartridge bearing 142. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and FIGS. 4 and 5, the fastener 143 is a threaded screw which clearingly passes through the opening 141 in the E-block 115 to threadingly engage threaded apertures (not shown) in the housing 146 of the cartridge bearing 142.
- FIG. 4 thus illustrates the conventional manner in which the cartridge bearing 142 is attached to the E-block 115.
- a limitation of the conventional configuration is that the resilient mounting of the cartridge bearing 142 within the E-block 115, that is the line contact therebetween and the clearance gap elsewhere, permits deflection of the E-block 115 relative to the cartridge bearing 142 in response to the torsion produced during seek operations of the actuator assembly 112 as the actuator assembly 112 seeks a selected data track.
- the deflection can be significant enough to create an overshoot condition requiring iterative repositioning of the actuator assembly 112 and thus increasing the seek time response.
- FIG. 5 shows the cartridge bearing 142 attached to the E-block 115 in a manner in accordance with the present invention, wherein the pivot shaft bearing assembly includes a canted coil spring 156 interposed between the cartridge bearing 142 and the E-block 115.
- the canted coil spring 156 provides a stabilizing support of the E-block 115 to reduce the amount of deflection of the E-block 115 relative to the cartridge bearing 142 during data track seek operations of the actuator assembly 112.
- the canted coil spring 156 is a continuous-loop type having the terminal ends thereof joined together, such as by welding.
- Such a canted coil spring 156 suitable for use in the present invention is available from Ball Seal Engineering Company, Inc., of Santa Ana, Calif.
- FIG. 2 shows the medial portion of the housing 146 has a retaining groove 158 into which the canted coil spring 156 is receivingly disposed.
- the canted coil spring 156 provides a number of advantages as opposed to commonly known methods of securing the cartridge bearing 142 to the E-block 115 such as by the use of adhesives or by press fitting the mating components.
- One such advantage is that the canted coil spring 156 extends a uniform support from the cartridge bearing 142 due to the characteristic nature of the canted coil spring 156 wherein each coil independently supports the E-block 115.
- the individual coils 160 of the canted coil spring 156 act as independent columnar supports which assume varying slopes in response to the clearance between the cartridge bearing 142 and the E-block 115.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic detail of a portion of the canted coil spring 156 of FIG. 5 in the section designated by the numeral 162.
- the clearance between the E-block 115 and the cartridge bearing 142 is substantially constant.
- the coils 160 of the canted coil spring 156 are substantially parallel and have an attitude slightly less than perpendicular to the cartridge bearing 142 and the E-block 115.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic detail of a portion of the canted coil spring 156 in the section designated by the numeral 164, illustrating the manner in which the individual coils 160 change in sloping attitude where the clearance between the cartridge bearing 142 and the E-block 115 varies.
- the coils 160 approach a tangential relationship to the cartridge bearing 142 as the clearance between the cartridge bearing 142 and the E-block 115 decreases.
- Coils 160 farther away from the alignment edge 154 are ever increasingly erect and approach the near-perpendicular attitude of the coils 160 of FIG. 6. In this manner the individual coils 160 support the cartridge bearing 142 evenly about the circumference thereof. This support dampens the resonant response and deflection of the E-block 115 relative to the cartridge bearing 142 during data seek operations, thereby reducing the likelihood of an overshoot condition.
- the canted coil spring 156 is that resilient support is provided within the entire operating temperature range of the disc drive 100.
- the E-block 115 is manufactured of a lightweight material such as aluminum or magnesium, while the housing 146 and other internal components of the cartridge bearing 142 are produced from steel to provide the necessary strength and wear characteristics.
- the disc drive 100 is expected to operate at least within a -40° C. and +70° C. temperature range, which creates a significant change in the clearance between the cartridge bearing 142 and the E-block 115. The change in clearance is the result of differential thermal expansion of the dissimilar materials.
- a rigidly mounted cartridge bearing 142 such as one adhered or press-fitted into the E-block 115, is constrained such that differential thermal expansion imparts distortion and residual stress into the cartridge bearing 142. This produces increased resonance and frictional resistance in the actuator assembly 112.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic representation of the view of FIG. 6 at a different temperature, such that by differential thermal expansion the clearance has decreased between the cartridge bearing 142 and the E-block 115.
- the angular attitude of the coils 160 of the canted coil spring 156 has decreased from that of the attitude in FIG. 6, in response to the decreased clearance.
- the canted coil spring 156 provides a resilient support of the cartridge bearing 142 over the full range of operating temperatures, by the canted coil spring 156 compensating for the variable clearance a constant support is provided thereby without distorting the cartridge bearing 142.
- the present invention provides an improved actuator assembly for a disc drive (such as 100), the actuator assembly (such as 112) being rotatably supported on a cartridge bearing (such as 142) which has an outer housing (such as 146) rotatingly supported about a stationary shaft (such as 144) secured between a base deck (such as 102) and a top cover (such as 104).
- a disc pack assembly comprising a number of discs (such as 108) supported by a spindle motor (such as 106) is likewise supported by the base deck and top cover and interacts with the actuator assembly to read and write data to the discs.
- the actuator assembly has an E-block (such as 115) which has a bore (such as 138) which is sized to receivingly engage the cartridge bearing.
- the bore has a pair of alignment edges (such as 154) and one or more fasteners (such as 143) threadingly engaging the cartridge bearing when the E-block is attached to the cartridge bearing.
- a canted coil spring (such as 156) is receivingly disposed in a groove (such as 158) in the housing of the cartridge bearing, the canted coil spring appropriately sized so as to fill the clearance gap between the cartridge bearing and the E-block, thus supporting the E-block in a resilient manner by the canted coils of the coil spring.
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